Assignment In Havana

February, 2004

Assignment in HavanaThere was a fish in the air, beautiful and almighty, dancing on its tail, the iron-black sword of its bill slashing the Havana skyline. It was May 1991, a hard spring for the Cubans, who were mortified by the loss of the Soviet Union, it too an exalted vision, disappearing into the deep blue abyss of history, unabsolved.Elliott Payne had never experienced anything quite like this, deep-sea fishing in sight of a city, so near he could clearly make out the cars and bicyclists a...